Having expended considerable effort on correcting the transcript of my speech, I find myself compelled to address an urgent request to all comrades who wish to record my speeches for publication.

The request consists in this: never rely upon stenographic or any other transcript of my speeches, never chase after recording them, never print transcripts of my speeches.

Instead of transcripts of my speeches, if there is any necessity for them, let reports about them be published. I have seen in the newspapers

* See Works, 5th ed., vol. 38, pp. 39-73. Ed.

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